An Ill-Fated Book Attempt Writer’s block venue in Patterson, New York Though I was discharged from the Army in May 1971, I didn’t plan to start work for Roan & Grossman (at the time Roan, Grossman, Singer, Mauck & Kaplan) until that fall. Though far from the Vietnam warzone, my Army work in its own way [...]

Travel My savior of the day turned out to be a friend I’d met in the Army in Washington, Larry DuBois. He had been a reporter in Time Magazine Washington bureau, but at that point had left to work as a freelance writer. He said he had been commissioned to do a Playboy Interview with movie director Roman [...]

From Elm Street to Lincoln Park Bill, Mary and Julia Bowe with Chesley and Peter de la Chapelle, 451 W. Belden Ave., Chicago 1973 When my post-Army travels finished, I briefly bunked in my old bedroom overlooking Elm Street in Chicago. I had grown up in apartment 4B in the 18- story apartment building at 1120 [...]

A Personal Detour 451 W. Belden Ave., Chicago 1974 As I began to get my feet wet in private practice in the early 1970s, for the first time I felt I had stable employment for the long term and earnings sufficient to marry and have a family. While that remained a distant goal, it was still [...]

Back on the Main Highway Cathy and Bill Bowe 1979 In my case, the campaign had later significant and unforeseen carryover effects several years later. The former campaign treasurer later introduced me to a co- worker of hers, Cathy Vanselow. Cathy had grown up in Springfield, Illinois and was then working at the headquarters of a [...]

Settling Down in Life and the Law   Cathy and Bill Bowe 1979 An Ill-Fated Book Attempt Writer’s block venue in Patterson, New York Although I was discharged from the Army in May 1971, I didn’t plan to start work for Roan & Grossman (at the time Roan, Grossman, Singer, Mauck & Kaplan) until that [...]